Europa League: head-to-head Manchester United - AC Milan (Round of 16 first leg, 11/03/2021)

With €580.4m in turnover in 2019-20, Manchester United FC (Premier League) were ranked 4^th place in the Football Money League 2021, versus 30^th place for AC Milan (Serie A TIM) with €148.5m in turnover, as the two clubs prepare to face each other in the first leg of their 2020-21 Europa League Round of 16 match behind closed doors at Old Trafford (Manchester, ENG) on Thursday 11/03/2021 (kick-off at 18:55 CET).

With a brand valuation of €1.314bn, Manchester United were also ranked 3^rd in the "Football Annual 2020" ranking established by the American company Brand Finance, a specialist in the economic valuation of brands, versus 22^nd place for AC Milan.

The English club has nearly 140 million fans on social networks (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok, as of 11/03/2021), 3.2 times as many as the Italian club, which totals nearly 44 million.

Manchester United spent €844m composing its 2020-21 squad, according to a study by the CIES Football Observatory, published on 12/10/2020 and which therefore does not take into account includes the 2021 winter transfer window. The Manchester…